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Subject: Re: AMD's K5 processor in SMP applications?
To: phk@critter.tfs.com (Poul-Henning Kamp)
Date: Fri, 24 May 1996 09:19:28 -0700 (PDT)
Cc: gpalmer@FreeBSD.ORG, jkh@time.cdrom.com, hardware@FreeBSD.ORG
In-Reply-To: <25679.832896617@critter.tfs.com> from Poul-Henning Kamp at "May 24, 96 00:10:17 am"
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> > "Rodney W. Grimes" wrote in message ID
> > <199605232347.QAA17531@GndRsh.aac.dev.com>:
> > > For the above ASUS PCI/X-P54NP4 (X is either E or I depeding on Eisa Or Isa
> )
> > > boards any pair of stepping 5 or higher chips will work fine.
> > 
> > Translation: you don't need a special `S'lave processor, just another
> > ordinary P5? (assuming that the chip hasn't been sat on a shelf for a
> > while)
> 
> Yeah, now we just need something better than the Neptune chipset...
> 
> Anybody working on support for HP's 10/100 netcards ?
> otherwise my P6 will not be on the net :-(

Why not?  Is it that you need 100VG?  If so Compex makes a DEC 21140
based 100VG card that should work just fine with FreeBSD.


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